Visible cigar package



June 9, 1931. A, J GOLDEN 1,809,335

VISIBLE CIGAR PACKAGE Filed Dec. 18, 1928 Patented June .9, 1931 PATENT OFFICE I AUGUSTUSJ'. GOLDEN, OF 'BALTDIORE, MARYLAND 'VISIIBLE CIGAR PACKAGE Application filed December 18, i928. Serial No. 326,725.

My invention is a visible cigar package and method of producing it.

It is more or less standard practice to package, say five cigars, arranged side by side, in a It fashion conveniently to fit the pocket, and m such way as to display enough of the goods to expose the band or label, the sight provision being a permanent part of the'cartonlike package. This is all right for the higher m1 price cigars but carries too much overhead for moderate price or cheaper cigars.

- It is the object of this invention to provide a low cost package having advantageous features that will encourage its use with all 115 grades of cigars.

With that-in view, the nature of the invention, in one aspect, consists in a method and means providing for rapid packaging of cigars, the package elements or wrappers inm cluding the transparent element, being inde pendent or separate in the sense that one is not a permanent adjunct of the other;,in' another aspect, my inventive idea comprehends a transparent tubular form for the cigars, and so folding the external wrapper or-casing element as to provide a window through which the brand or label may be read; and in still another aspect, it provides for inwardly notching a margin of the wrapping sheet so that when folded according to my practice it will establish a sight opening or window; all of these matters having for their ultimate purpose a cheaper and better package and one that-will hold up until the contents are exhausted.

- My invention is exemplified in the annexed drawings, wherein Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of a fiinshed package viewed, respectively,from

front and .rear. v

Fig. 3 is an. elevational view showing in detached relation the goods enfolded ina fiat tubular form of transparent nature with th external wrapper partly folded.

Fig. 4: is a plan view showing the manner of folding the external wrapper to form the window", and to reinforce the package in a modification in which the transparent element is sheet material.

Fig. 5 is an end view of the arrangement, Fig.4.

Fig. 6 is a further modification in which the window aswell as further strengthening are provided forby inwardly notching a margin or margins of the external sheet..

, Referring to Fig. 3, 5 designates the inner wrapper which is composed of some transparent substance such as cellophane or the like. In this embodiment, the element 5 may well be a flat tubular member open at both ends. -The merit of this is that it constitutes a form for the cigars, holding them in propof 'theexternal wrapper. The external wrapper 6 may be foil or other usual or appropriate material in sheet form. Wrapper 6 has the merit that its obviates special die work or other cutting operation to form the window or sight opening; this being effected by folding the ends 6 and 6 over form 5in spaced relation. By inwardly turning the margins 6 (as in Fig. 4) a better finish is obtained than if the raw edges were exposed, and, moreover, desirable reinforcement is affected. The sides 6 plus the overlapping folded ends are then reversed or folded over the back which is thus appreciably stifiened, and their juxtaposed margins may be secured as by a sticker or label 7.

In the embodiment Fig. 4:, the same economy is practiced in forming the sight Opening by the simple act of folding, but in this form the packaging is accomplished with the use of superimposed but relatively de- In the embodiment, Fig. 6, a margin'of simplicity of the package and the fact that it is not destroyed in the opening effort.

Having described myinvention, Iclaim 1. A package of cigarsconvenient 'torfit the pocket and of a nature, to partly display the contents, consisting of cigars arranged side by side, a portion of transparent ma.- terial covering the cigars in part, and an external wrapper underlying the cigars with its upper and lower margins folded down onto the transparent material with c their edges spaced to expose the transparent material, the side portions of the wrapper including the folded upper and lower margins-being folded backwardly onto the rear or underlying portion of the wrapper.

' tion-overlying the-area to be exposed, and a h i wrapper proper of greater length and widththan the completed package, with the upper parent section to hold the same, the spacing of the edges of the upper and lower margins exposing a material portion of the transpar- 2. A the pocket in which a plurality of cigars are arranged side by side, including a wrapper for the cigars having its upper and lower margins folded onto the cigars to leave a .space between the edges of such folds, the

side portions of the wrapper throughout the length. of the package being foldedb'ack onto the rear of the package, and a section of transparent material positioned'to cover the space between the edges of the folds of v the upper and lower margins.

' 3. A package including a plurality of oi ars arranged side by side and a'wrapper said wrapper including a transparent secand lower margins folded onto the transent section, the side margins of the wrapper being folded rearwardly onto the rear of the package, for reinforcement of the sides and rear of the package.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. AUGUSTUS J. GOLDEN.

package of cigars convenient to fit or the cigars wherein a certain area of the cigars may be'perm'anently exposed tO-view, 

